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to examine who had injured him; many a time he was a 
fervant of my own, or fome other equally known; or, if he 
was a ftranger, upon afking him what misfortune had be- 
fallen him, he would anfwer very compofedly, Nothing was 
the matter with him; that he had been fleeping all day 
with the horfes ; that hearing from the foldiers at the door 
I was retired to my apartment, he and his companions had 
come to cry and make a noife under my window, to-do me 
honour before the people, for fear I fhould be melancholy, 
by being too quiet when alone; and therefore hoped that 
1 would order them drink, that they might continue with. 
a little more fpirit. The violent anger which this did often 
put me into did not fail to be punétually reported to the 
king, at which he would laugh heartily ; and he himfelf. 
was often hid not far off, for the fake of being a eines? 
of my heavy difpleafure. 
TueEse complaints, whether real or feigned, have always 
for their burden, Rete O Fan hoi, which, repeated quick, ‘very 
much refembles Prete Janni, the name that was given to 
this prince, of which we never yet knew the derivation; 
its fignification is, “ Do me juftice,O my king!” 
Heropotus* tells us, that in Perfia, the people, in great 
crowds and of both fexes, come roaring and crying to the 
doors of the palace; and Intaphernes is alfo faid to come: 
to the door of the king making great lamentations. . 
2 IT HAVE: 
* Herod, lib. iii... 
